How many have we really nailed in the draft? That's the whole issue right there. The strategy is Ok in theory. But it's a complete failure if you don't nail any A-Graders from the draft picks you collected. And that's unfortunately what happened to us. Loading up on draft picks in compromised draft...

Did I read correctly that one of the benefits of this, is that you get your name on the banner??

Seriously?

I completely agree with him FWIW. The footy industry has always held itself back due its incestuous nature. The long held ignorant belief that you must have played at the highest level to be involved in a meaningful role is just the start of it. I totally agree with Thomas' view. I meam seriously, ...

I completely agree with him FWIW. The footy industry has always held itself back due its incestuous nature. The long held ignorant belief that you must have played at the highest level to be involved in a meaningful role is just the start of it. I totally agree with Thomas' view. I meam seriously, w...

saynta wrote: ↑Fri 08 May 2020 5:37pm
The guys been charged with a number ofcriminal offences. Full stop. He doesn't deserve our sympathy, the victim does. That relevant or clear enough for you.

Who gives a f*** what he was wearing.

Umm, isn't that pretty much what I said?

Obviously wouldn't have a clue. But I'd imagine the former is the issue here. If you don't want to be seen in drag, you wouldn't go out in public in drag I wouldn't have thought. FWIW, too many of us grew up with movies like Silence of The Lambs and s***, and associate a cross dressing male with sm...

Sorry slightly OT but to your point about stereotypes and transgender it's actually made specifically clear in both the book and the film that Jame Gum is NOT transexual but a monster with a pathology 'a thousand times more terrifying' and they make it clear there isn't a link between transexuals a...

However I am more persuaded by the expression of support from his former teammates which tends me to conclude that Laidley's cross-dressing is perhaps a sign of a pre-existing serious mental condition. Not that I particularly care personnally, but wouldn't associating cross dressing with a serious ...

Joffa Burns wrote: ↑Wed 06 May 2020 9:28pm
Reiwoldt doesn' t agree with you Barry.

Wouldn't be the first time.

Don’t you get it? The umpires cheated against us the whole game, only to pay a borderline free kick for us to win the game in the last minute. Because that absolutely makes sense... :shock: Haven't read the thread, but in my mind it was the most blatant 'In the back' decision I've just about ever s...

However I am more persuaded by the expression of support from his former teammates which tends me to conclude that Laidley's cross-dressing is perhaps a sign of a pre-existing serious mental condition. Not that I particularly care personnally, but wouldn't associating cross dressing with a serious ...

They surely didn't refer to him as a St. Kilda Assistant did they??

FWIW, one thing that ISO has taught me - is that footy isn't important in my life.

I actually couldn't really care less if the AFL never comes back at all.

I'll watch it if it does, won't bat an eyelid if it doesn't.

Plugger got suspended heaps as well, but not once was he ever sniping behind play. 😳 Brad Fox says hello. Neil Cordy also sends his regards. None of them hit behind play when they weren't looking. They were wrestles or untidy attempts at the footy. Not dirty but possibly thuggish behaviour. He dese...

Moods wrote: ↑Mon 27 Apr 2020 8:27pm
Plugger got suspended heaps as well, but not once was he ever sniping behind play.

Brad Fox says hello.

Neil Cordy also sends his regards.

Simon Lehtlean may well be on the short list for the NRL's CEO position, bearing in mind that prior to coming to St KIlda as General Manager of Football he was the AFL's Football Operations Manager, a senior executive position very close to the top of the corporate football tree. But he was COO of ...

Simon Lehtlean may well be on the short list for the NRL's CEO position, bearing in mind that prior to coming to St KIlda as General Manager of Football he was the AFL's Football Operations Manager, a senior executive position very close to the top of the corporate football tree. But he was COO of ...

It is not uncommon for elite sporting bodies to recruit CEO's who have previously worked for other codes, the most obvious being David Gallop who went from the NRL to FFA, and Ben Buckley (currently Chairman of North Melbourne FC) who was previously COO at the AFL and then took over at FFA from Joh...

Simon Lehtlean may well be on the short list for the NRL's CEO position, bearing in mind that prior to coming to St KIlda as General Manager of Football he was the AFL's Football Operations Manager, a senior executive position very close to the top of the corporate football tree. But he was COO of ...

How would Lethlean go from being an AFL Footy Department Manager at a club, to the CEO of the entire NRL?? Good question, how do you think he'd perform and why. It's not really a question of how he would perform - but how on earth would he get hired? A footy department head from another sport being...

How would Lethlean go from being an AFL Footy Department Manager at a club, to the CEO of the entire NRL??

Gun.

Lyon however, reset the team really well and had them contending again - but I believe the failure to win a flag in 09-11 was a direct result of poor coaching and a clearly flawed strategy. You make an art form of contradicting yourself Barry 8-) It is a contradiction. But contradictions are common...

Each to their own Barry, I prefer to look at performance, others prefer to make excuses, each to their own! If you're looking purely at the performance, then we didn't perform well enough to finish above 6th on the ladder. Fact. But you posed the question as to why. The very premise of this thread ...

Wasn't that the year that Kosi got knocked out and never recovered? And Goose broke his leg? And Hamill only played 9 games cause of his knee? And Ball's OP restricted him to barely a jog? And Penny retired before the season? Oh, and Lenny did his knee. After all that, still finished 1 win off 3rd ...